Operatives of the Lagos State task force at the weekend apprehend 210 miscreants and street urchins and impounded 125 motorcycles around Iludun Town, New Oko-Oba area of Agege. The enforcement operation was carried out based on complaints by different communities…
Cholera outbreak kills 11 in Kano (Punch)
A cholera outbreak has claimed, not less than 11 lives, while 47 others are currently hospitalised at Hanya Madaki, Halin Sarki, and Kunchi villages in Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State. A youth leader in the affected area, Ubali…
Certificate saga: Adeleke faults arrest of school principal (SUN)
Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 22 election in Osun State, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has condemned police’s arrest of Principal of Ede Muslim High School, Abbass Adejare, for issuing him (Adeleke) a testimonial several years…
Lagos-Ibadan rail: FG to deploy 16 locomotives, 40 coaches, others (Punch)
The Federal Government will deploy about 16 locomotives, 40 coaches and 120 wagons in the standard gauge Lagos-Ibadan rail line that is currently under construction. It was gathered that the government had placed orders for the fabrication of the coaches…
Defections: APC, PDP shift supremacy battle to Senate chamber (Punch)
Senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress and their counterparts in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have vowed to resume hostilities over which party controls the majority in the upper chamber when the Senate resumes plenary on September 25. Controversy…
9 corpers drown during riverside picnic (Punch)
Nine members of the National Youth Service Corps who are currently serving in Taraba State on Saturday drowned in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local government Area. Taraba State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer, ASP David Missal, who confirmed the…
Resign now, Falana tells Saraki, others (Nation)
Right activist- lawyer Mr. Femi Falana, (SAN) has said lawmakers who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ought to resign from the legislature. In a statement made available to The Nation yesterday, Falana advised the…
‘Tambuwal must resign now’ (Vanguard)
A Group of ‘Concerned Citizens of Sokoto State’ has called on Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to resign his position as governor following his defection to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing a press conference…
We welcome Godswill Akpabio’s defection, says Lai Mohammed (Punch)
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Sunday said the ruling All Progressives Congress welcomes the defection of Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to the party from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. He also described the recent…
Make Nigeria better if you’re elected president in 2019, Obasanjo tells Bafarawa (Punch)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, to pursue his dream of making Nigeria better if elected president in 2019. Bafarawa is one of the presidential hopefuls on the platform of the People’s…